Out-of-Line Objects
In addition to the inline objects, there are a number of objects which are considered out-of-line, or objects which are not contained within a block area. These objects include
float— The contents of this object (usually an image) are placed in a floating position on the page. This can be the beginning of the page, or cause text to flow around the contents.
footnote— This wraps the text to be footnoted (the anchor area) and the footnote-body containing the actual text of the footnote.
footnote-body— This contains the text of the footnote. It is automatically placed at the bottom of the page inside the region-body area.
float objects are more useful in a browser context than a print context, although it is not currently widely ...
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